The paper is focused on some aspects of laboratory science. The author discusses Ian Hacking's list of elements that constitute theoretical and experimental practice in laboratory. He also considers Karin Knorr-Cetina's ethnographical and sociological studies of laboratory practice.
The article is presenting the history of discovery of 'polywater'. The case study in question is the basis for analysis of the strategy of argumentation in scientific disputes. From the perspective chosen in the article, scientific disputes are significantly determined by social and cultural factors.
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